Limited places available, don’t miss the opportunity!
This full-day, in-person networking event, hosted at University College London (UCL), is organised by the Cancer Committee of the Society of Spanish Researchers in the United Kingdom (SRUK/CERU).
This year’s event will spotlight three major and relevant themes in cancer research, cachexia, the tumour microenvironment and cutting-edge technologies. The full-day programme includes invited talks from senior and early-career researchers (ECRs), a flash talk session for students of all levels and postdoctoral fellows and a closing networking session.
Attendees presenting a flask talk, please email the abstract to [email protected]
Submission deadline: October 6th 2025 (extended until Wednesday, 15th of October).
Register here to save your space! Limited places available, don’t miss the opportunity!
The event will be free to attend, conducted in English and open to all UK-based researchers, regardless of nationality or institutional affiliation. The event is sponsored by CRIS Cancer Foundation, Asociación Española Contra el Cancer, the Biochemical Society, The Company of Biologist and the European Union (CONNECTS-UK).
Programme
- 9:30 – 10:15 Registration
- 10:15 – 10:30 Welcome & Introduction (SRUK/CERU)
- 10:30 – 11:15 Scientific Session 1: Emerging topics in cachexia
- Speaker #1: Giulia Biffi (CRUK Cambridge Institute)
- Speaker #2: Megan Bowers (King’s College London)
- 11:15 – 11:35 Coffee break
- 11:35 – 12:00 Sponsors’ presentations
- 12:00 – 12:45 Scientific Session 2: Tumour microenvironment
- Speaker #1: Paola Peinado (The Francis Crick Institute)
- Speaker #2: Miriam Molina (The Francis Crick Institute)
- 12:45 – 13:45 Lunch break
- 13:45 – 14:30 Flash talks (Master/PhD students and ECRs): 5 minutes + 5 Q&A
- 14:30 – 15:00 Coffee break
- 15:00 – 15:45 Scientific Session 3: New technologies in cancer research
- Speaker #1: Pau Creixell (CRUK Cambridge Institute)
- Speaker #2: Oscar Maiques (Barts Cancer Institute)
- 15:45 – 16:00 Closing remarks
- 16:00 – 18:00: Networking
Those participants commuting to attend this event will be eligible for a travel grant to partially cover the cost of the transport. To be eligible, email your flash talk title and a 250-word cover letter describing how you will benefit from attending this event to [email protected].
If you are not a SRUK/CERU member yet, do not worry, join us (click here)!
For any enquiries, please email [email protected]
Do you want to further support SRUK/CERU and become the ultimate SRUKer? Get one of our mugs (£5) or notebooks (£6). More information can be found in the registration page.
Join us for this event
Join us on Saturday 18/10/2025 at 09:00, for the IV SRUK/CERU Cancer Research Networking Seminar